TEHRAN – Iran suffered a 4-3 loss against Morocco in the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup on Thursday and failed to advance to quarterfinals.

Morocco will play Brazil in the quarterfinals after seeing off Team Melli in a Bukhara thriller.

Mohammadhossein Derakhshani (4), Hossein Tayebi (21) and Moslem Oladghobad (22) scored for Iran.

Khalid Bouzid (7), Alireza Rafieipour (11-own goal), Soufiane El Mesrar (17) and Idriss Raiss El Fenni (20) were on target for Morocco.

Morocco’s Soufian Charraoui was named the Player of the Match.

“We made a very good start, but we were out of control after that in the first half,” Iran coach Vahid Shamsaei said.

“The second half was completely different and we made so many chances. We scored two goals in less than two minutes, but luck wasn’t on our side. It’s over. All the best to Morocco,” he added.